Aga is a photographer based in Katowice, Poland. She began her career as a staff photographer for a local newspaper before expanding her practice internationally and developing long-term documentary projects. Aga has participated in TPW masterclasses with Stanley Greene (NOOR) in Italy, Christopher Morris (VII) in New York, USA, and the Eddie Adams Workshop. She was also fortunate to spend time at the legendary Art Kibbutz in New York City in 2007 and 2009, an artist-run community that served as a home and meeting point for creatives across disciplines.

Her international experiences, including living in Istanbul, Turkey, and Bucharest, Romania, have deeply influenced her visual approach. Aga returned to Poland in 2017 to support her family through serious health challenges. Following an almost decade-long break largely dedicated to caregiving, she resumed her photographic practice in mid-2025 and has since participated in seven exhibitions within just three months. Her work has been recognized by Der Greif and Guest Room curators Felix Hoffmann, Mona Schubert, and Marit Lena Herrmann from FOTO ARSENAL WIEN. As a result she was featured in the Artist Section and highlighted across their platforms. She was also recognized at Dear Dave Fellowship, where she was featured among the top 40 portfolios selected from 795 entries. The jury included Jody Quon (New York Magazine), Phil Taylor (George Eastman Museum), Diane Smyth (British Journal of Photography), and Robert Morat (Robert Morat Gallery, Berlin).

In 2026, she will publish her first photography book. The year will open with two group exhibitions in the first quarter and continue with the book’s release and promotion. She will also participate in a mentoring session with Anja Hitzenberger, a photography educator collaborating with the International Center of Photography (ICP) and C/O Berlin, and attend StrudelmediaLive as a recipient of an Opportunity Scholarship supported by the Heather Mattera Scholarship Fund.

Artist Statement

I see photography as a way to invite questions rather than provide answers. I am drawn to imperfections and a sense of the primitive—qualities that carry emotional truth. As Stanley Greene once said, “If we keep it primitive, then we will get the iconic image… being perfect is boring.”

Publications

The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Moscow Times (Russia), Dziennik Zachodni (Poland), Dziennik (Poland), Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Rzeczpospolita (Poland), Gaste (Turkey), Večernji list (Croatia), Polityka (Poland), Tygodnik Powszechny (Poland), Večernji list Magazine (Croatia), Slask (Silesia Magazine), Biuletyn Fotograficzny, National Geographic Magazine (International Edition), National Geographic Magazine Polska (Poland), Revu (Netherlands), Saudi Aramco World, Vision Magazine (China), Historia Slaska według Kazimierza Kutza, pp. 87,  The New York Times Lens Blog, Burn, Subtitled Magazine, 5klatek

NGO clients

Save The Children, Ovidiu Rom (founded by Maria Gheorghiu and Leslie Hawke), IREX (Biblionet project founded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

Education, Courses, Trainings and Workshops

2025 Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization, Museum of Modern Art

2025 Cristina de Middel: Stranger than Reality, Mangum Learn

2025 Z rodziną najlepiej na zdjęciu (With Family, Best in the Picture), workshop with Monika Szewczyk-Wittek, Warsaw

2010 Canon & VII Gallery Workshops with Christopher Morris “Shooting Still and video on one assignment”, Dumbo, NY, USA

2008 TPW Masterclass Focus on Monferrato with Stanley Green, Italy

2007 Eddie Adams Workshop XX (Team with Gerd Ludwig and David Griffin), Jeffersonville, USA

2005 MA in Environmental Management and Protection, University of Silesia, Poland